Auto-Feeder isn't working?

[Coke-u-nut]

Heyo. So here - I'll make this easy.

Problem: Auto-Feeder for both coop and barn aren't working.

Trouble Shooting: I've checked the silo for depletion of hay. No depletion was made. I leave the animals alone for a couple of days, they get angry. It's because they haven't eaten. I have to manually feed them every day.

Specs: I have upgraded both to Delux-Coop and Delux-Barn.
I have 2/8 cows. 5/8 chickens, plus one incubating in the coop.
I open the doors every day, and leave them open unless it's supposed to rain the next day.

I am not using any mods.

Thoughts?

[Coke-u-nut]

Aaaaah, there's a third level? Well crap. Alright. I'll go check that out, I thought it was supposed to do it after the second.

[Zales]

Originally posted by red255:

If you can take the hay out of the hay dispenser you don't have an auto feeder.

You probably don't have a level 3 coop and barn, screenshot?

Don't listen to this. I have my coop and barn leveled up all the way and i can get hay out of the dispenser.
Also, the barns and coops go like this: Normal, Big, Delux

Try and see why your animals are upset. Sometimes they will just have an off day (I notice this sometimes even though they have food and are loved). If you have the doors on your barn and coop opened then the animals will go to the nearest patch of grass to eat, but sometimes they won't make the effort if it is too far away. Give a screenshot of your barn/coop layout + the pop-up that occurs when you activate one of your animals a second time (in case you didn't know, this gives you details about the mood the animal is in).

If this is happening during winter, it could be that you might not have a heater in the barn/coop (heaters can be bought from Marnie).

[Bad Aim Bodyshot Barry]

theres a glitch where if you do NOT have a heater the auto feeder will NOT work
CA please fix

[NotThatHarkness]

Auto-feed is a feature of the 3rd level, which should be the deluxe version stated above.

I have noticed that for the regular (Normal) and big versions: if I had the trough filled with hay I could not get hay out of the dispenser. I had to either keep the animals in the coop/barn a day to consume some hay from the trough, or go to a building that had a partially empty trough. With a partially empty trough, that building's dispenser would let me remove hay.

I just got into winter in my current game and just upgraded to deluxe versions of both buildings. Both buildings have a heater. I just tried removing hay from the dispenser in the big coop and big barn and was unable to do so. I tired right clicking, left clicking, both with ctrl click, shift, and ctrl+shift click. Nothing worked.

Regardless, when I have the auto-feed versions the trough is filled every time I walk into the barn or coop. If you ever seen a partially filled trough, I'd think you don't have the "big" version.

[Wh00pl3Pie]

Hi, I know this post is quite old but did you ever got it resolved? I'm having the same issues T.T

[Vhen_Jaeger]

Originally posted by xPrettyStars:

Hi, I know this post is quite old but did you ever got it resolved? I'm having the same issues T.T

He said he had the deluxe barn he didnt. In first post they said capacity was 8 so was only at the second one, later in the topic he replied to somone theres a third level?, and was likely when they figured out the problem.

[Lenneth]

Originally posted by xPrettyStars:

Hi, I know this post is quite old but did you ever got it resolved? I'm having the same issues T.T

Do you have enough feeders? Or do you have deluxe barn/coop, meaning one barn/coop can store 12 animals?

[Wh00pl3Pie]

Originally posted by kwan1031:

Originally posted by xPrettyStars:

Hi, I know this post is quite old but did you ever got it resolved? I'm having the same issues T.T

Do you have enough feeders? Or do you have deluxe barn/coop, meaning one barn/coop can store 12 animals?

Yep I do, it has been working fine but the auto-feeders just stopped working suddenly. I have 2 barns and 2 coops, both maxed out. In my 3rd year of the game too.